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Definition of trepidation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

trepidation

noun

/ˌtrepɪˈdeɪʃn/

/ˌtrepɪˈdeɪʃn/

[uncountable] (formal)

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great worry or fear about something unpleasant that may happen
- He knocked on the door with some trepidation.
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Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin trepidatio(n-), from trepidare ‘be agitated, tremble’, from trepidus ‘alarmed’.

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